Chapter Twenty-Eight: All Greed
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The Taoist priests set up cases, burned incense, burned talismans, danced swords, recited mantras, and invited gods...... There is also a group of Taoist priests who put up paper charms everywhere, and they don't let go of every room, busy and busy, as if they are preparing for the New Year.
Hu Guiyang was lying on the kang and thinking wildly, and he ignored someone pushing the door in.
"After so long, there is finally going to be a result." The person who came sighed.
Hu Guiyang glanced at it, "Don't be so happy so early, more than ten years ago, you fell short in the Broken Tengxia Gorge, I can remember it clearly." ”
"How old were you then?"
"I don't know, seven or eight years old, I forgot anything from there, but I remember that there were many children crowded in the room, panicked, but no one resisted, no one even made a sound, more honest than a cow or sheep to be slaughtered. The number of people kept decreasing, and the screams next door rang from morning to midnight, and the people who left never came back. ”
Yun Dan laughed.
Then the Father came, and stood at the door, and said what he could not remember, but he knew that he was saved. At that time, we all regarded our godfather as a god who descended from the sky, but after he accepted us as a god, the first thing he taught was not to believe in ghosts and gods. ”
"Zhao Ying, he is your god, but he is our demon, just because of him, this matter has been delayed for more than ten years, look at me, how old has he become?"
Hu Guiyang sat up, the candle lit by the fifth brother was still lit, and he saw an old eunuch at the door.
Yun Dan was indeed old, skinny, and his clothes were too fat, but his eyes were not depressed by aging, but showed undisguised coveting and greed.
Hu Guiyang had goosebumps all over his body, "You are just old, but you are not dead, and you are alive and well, which is enough to prove that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, otherwise, people like you should have suffered retribution a long time ago." ”
Yun Dan grinned, his teeth even more yellowish in the candlelight, "Don't say the word 'retribution' lightly, because you don't understand how advanced and complicated retribution is. I was eight years old, of course it was not my choice, my parents were dead at that time, and my uncle took me to Beijing, saying that he wanted to get a good life, but he took me to the knife. You've heard screams before, and a few decades ago, I was the one who screamed. ”
Hu Guiyang couldn't help but clamp his legs slightly, the old eunuch's tone was flat, but it sounded creepy.
"The funny thing is that our uncle and nephew didn't know that it was a big crime to clean themselves without permission at that time, and as soon as the injury was healed, he was caught by Jinyiwei, locked up for a while, and sent to Nanhaizi to grow vegetables. My uncle was weak and couldn't stand the heavy work, and died of exhaustion and disappointment not long after he was in Nanhaizi. I was young, but I took advantage of it, and when I was about ten years old, I entered the palace, starting from the lowest position, how much suffering I suffered, how many sins I suffered, and I came to where I am today. Do you think the ghosts and gods are treating me well? No, no, God still owes me a lot of debts that I haven't paid, and you are one of them. ”
"It seems that you really believe in such a thing as descendant soup, at your age, even if you ...... You can't have children, can you? ”
"I'm just going to get paid in return." Yun Dan raised his voice, "The first time we made the descendant soup, we spent nearly ten years preparing the medicinal materials, but we were interrupted by Zhao Ying, and we waited for more than ten years after that. More than ten years! I had to disappear, hide in the palace, and try to come out as little as possible, just to avoid Zhao Ying's attention. Now, the road is finally open again. ”
"I remember that my father-in-law destroyed all the medicinal materials you had collected."
"I have my own way to secretly collect another batch, and now everything is ready, only the boy Sun Gen is missing."
"Then you're late, few of our brothers are still virgins."
Yun Dan laughed twice, "You are not a medicinal herb now, but a medicinal primer, forty roots, not one less." ”
"Forty, you don't even let go of the eldest brother and the fifth brother?"
"Two fools, thinking that if they find a backer, they will be able to worry about everything, and they don't understand the change of the situation at all - immortality, only immortality is the only backer, and the set that Captain Juezi is good at is useless."
"Eunuchs want to live forever?"
"Of course it's not us, we just want to live a normal life once."
"Emperor?"
Yun Dan smiled, "There are only a few rare medicinal materials, and the elixir of immortality can also be boiled, and when the time comes, Your Majesty will rule the world forever, and we will always have a backer, and the prosperous era is coming, but it's a pity that you can't see it." ”
"Your Majesty isn't that old, is he's interested in immortality so early?"
"You are all stupid, the only smart person is Zhao Ying, after a trip to the West Factory, he knew that the general trend was gone, so he simply committed suicide to avoid crime."
"Stepfathers don't kill themselves." Hu Guiyang is very sure.
"Hah, then he died too coincidentally."
"You stole the body?"
"You are relatively smart, you guessed the Lingji Palace at the beginning, but you didn't continue to investigate."
Hu Guiyang once guessed in front of all his brothers, not only guessed that the eunuchs were going to remake the soup of his descendants, but also guessed that his father-in-law's body was sent to Lingji Palace, but he had no evidence, and after the third brother was killed, he gave up continuing to investigate.
"If the lights go out when people die, whether the body can be found or not, in fact, I don't particularly care."
"There are some places where you look like Zhao Ying."
"Well, I'll take it as a compliment. You're going to stay here and watch me turn into a demon? ”
Yun Dan nodded, the more calm and fearless the young man opposite, the more interested he became, and there was even a hint of a smile in his eyes, as if the expected great joy was finally coming.
"Let me straighten it out, you really believe I'm going to turn into a demon fox, right?"
"Of course."
"Why?" Hu Guiyang has never understood this matter, why was he chosen? Why are Fifth Brother and the others so sure that he will become a demon?
"Because you've been designated."
"Appointed by whom?"
"Zhao Ying."
"He just casually mentioned his name once, and I was assigned?"
"Zhao Ying was also designated, specifically looking for demon foxes."
"Who's the designator this time?"
Yun Dan turned his head to look outside.
"Reiji Palace."
The Taoist priests outside are all from Lingji Palace, and they have already pasted talismans and set up incense cases, and the three of them cast spells behind the case, and the others are lined up on both sides.
"Lao Dao is really holding grudges." Hu Guiyang has heard about the grievances between his father-in-law Zhao Ying and Lingji Palace since he was a child, and when he grew up, he personally participated in the arrest of a liar hiding in Lingji Palace.
"This is not as simple as a personal grudge, because Zhao Ying, Lingji Palace has no face, and even there are many fewer believers over the years. The demon fox case is a good opportunity for Lingji Palace to make a comeback. ”
Hu Guiyang yawned, "Lingji Palace really has a vision, and it picks a lazy person like me to be a demon fox." ”
"Thanks to the help of your brothers, the factory man said that he needed twenty descendants, and they began to do it, selecting useless people as bait, and you really took the bait and killed them."
"Twenty? Three people have already been killed, seven are scheduled for tonight, and with me, there are only eleven. ”
"You eleven people refuse to take refuge in either side, so they were elected, and there are nine people left, and it depends on the result of Hu Guishen and Hu Guimeng's fight with each other. You're lucky not to have seen your brothers kill each other. ”
Hu Guiyang opened his eyes, "We have many brothers and friendships...... That's it. The eunuch wanted the descendant soup, the emperor wanted immortality, the Lingji Palace wanted to make a comeback, the eldest brother and the fifth brother wanted to support the mountain, and finally they all set their sights on the demon fox. I can't figure it out, what the hell is going on with the demon fox? Of course, I'm a 'demon fox', but why should I become a demon fox and kill so many people? ”
"After you become a demon fox, the truth will be revealed, which is why I want to stay: see everything with my own eyes, and then report it to the factory."
"Wang Zhi didn't come by himself, is he afraid?"
"The demon fox has a strong mana and can kill people from a hundred miles away, so I advise the factory to be cautious."
"You're not afraid?"
"I have the backing of the Lingji Palace, and the three real people come to cast spells in person, and you can't make waves after you become a demon, or in case, it should also be borne by me, this is my duty."
"There is another kind of case: if I don't turn into a demon tonight, you have to be responsible for turning me into a demon fox, this kind of thing can't be done by outsiders, if those who believe in the existence of demon foxes see your embarrassed appearance, the loss will be great."
"You're going to be a demon, just before dawn, most likely at midnight."
Hu Guiyang stretched, "Then wait, can I go out for a walk?" ”
"You can't leave the house."
"I'll go to the backyard and see those seven hapless brothers." Hu Guiyang got down to put on his shoes and suddenly raised his head, "Why did Xiaoju and Xiaoqin stay?" Also, why did you kill Xiaorou before? ”
"Anyway, those two maid rings are useless, Hu Guishen and Hu Guimeng agreed to stay, so stay. Xiao Rou was killed by you, but you didn't know it at the time, you have always coveted Xiao Rou, and after becoming a demon fox at night, you naturally want to harass her, and if the harassment fails, you will kill her. As for Little Peony, she was scared away by you, but she knows martial arts, and there is foreign aid, which is really unexpected, and we will find out in the future. ”
Hu Guiyang patted his head, "I almost forgot, you really believe in demon foxes." ”
Hu Guiyang walked outside, and when he passed by Yun Dan's side, he suddenly fell, his hands were on the ground, his body shook violently, his mouth opened and let out a low roar, and his eyes glowed like wolves.
Yun Dan was shocked, he didn't expect the other party to change when he said it, so he hurriedly retreated to the door, shouting in his mouth: "Someone!" Come! Come ......"
Hu Guiyang straightened up, his expression returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I stumbled and there was phlegm in my throat." ”
Yun Dan's face didn't recover for a long time, "In this case, you can still be in danger - you are the demon fox!" ”
"I am not afraid, because I do not believe at all. My father-in-law said that behind strange things must be people's hearts, greedy people's hearts, and I have seen all the greed behind the demon fox, so I have nothing to fear. ”
Yun Dan said coldly: "After the demon transformation is corrected, your descendants will be a good medicine. ”
"I also think it's good, and I want to leave it for people who need it more." Hu Guiyang had a smile on his face, and suddenly took out a dagger from his arms, pulled out the sheath and aimed the dagger at Yun Dan.
Yun Dan was startled again, and retreated again, nearly tripping over the threshold.
Hu Guiyang laughed and threw the dagger and sheath on the ground, "Don't worry, I don't need these things to kill you." ”
A few Taoist priests ran in the courtyard, and when they saw that Yun Dan was fine, they didn't come forward.
Hu Guiyang didn't look at these Taoist priests, and strode along the corridor to the backyard.
As soon as he entered the backyard, he was stopped by seven brothers.
"Sanliu, you'd better stay in front."
It's not a brother, it's not a brother, Hu Guiyang only has one number left.
"You're so innocent and cute." Hu Guiyang sneered, thought about it, or turned back, these seven people didn't know that they were betrayed by the eldest brother and the fifth brother, and thought that they were in charge of guarding, Hu Guiyang felt that there was no need to break it.
In the front yard, Yun Dan returned to the middle of the Taoist priests, saw Hu Guiyang turn around, and said loudly: "The time is almost up, look! ”
Hu Guiyang looked up and saw the full moon hanging alone, and the clouds quickly dispersed, as if something was really about to happen.
"I said so much to you, just to make you prepared, it will be easier when you become a demon!" Yun Dan added loudly.
Hu Guiyang walked out of the corridor and stood opposite Yun Dan and the Taoist priests.
Stretch out.